Henry Nicholls Height, Weight, Age, Body Statistics

Henry Nicholls is a New Zealander professional cricketer who has represented his country in all 3 formats of the sport (Tests, ODIs, and T20Is), as a middle-order batter and wicketkeeper. In New Zealand’s domestic circuit, he has played for Canterbury (2013-Present) across all 3 formats. Henry has also played domestic cricket outside of his home country, representing Derbyshire County Cricket Club (2018) in England. At the franchise level, he turned out for Sydney Thunder (2016) in the BBL (Big Bash League).

Born Name

Henry Michael Nicholls

Nick Name

Henry

Sun Sign

Scorpio

Born Place

Christchurch, South Island, New Zealand

Residence

Christchurch, South Island, New Zealand

Nationality

Education

Henry had attended St. Andrew’s College, a private, co-educational school in his hometown of Christchurch. Founded in 1917, it is the only independent, co-educational primary and secondary school in New Zealand’s South Island.

Occupation

Professional Cricketer

Family

• Siblings – Willy Nicholls (Older Brother) (Sports Media Correspondent). He has another older brother.

Batting

Left-Handed

Bowling

Right-Arm Off-Break

Role

Middle-Order Batter, Wicketkeeper

Jersey Number

86 – Test Match, One Day International (ODI), T20 International (T20I)

Build

Athletic

Height

5 ft 9 in or 175 cm

Weight

72 kg or 158.5 lbs

Girlfriend / Spouse

Henry has dated –

1. Lucy Nicholls (2014-Present) – Henry began dating Lucy in 2014 and the couple got engaged in June 2020. They got married in May 2021.

Race / Ethnicity

White

Hair Color

Light Brown

Eye Color

Blue

Sexual Orientation

Straight

Distinctive Features

• Toned physique
• Side-parted, wavy hair
• Affable smile
• Clean-shaven look

Brand Endorsements

He has been sponsored by –

• Gray-Nicolls (English cricket equipment & clothing brand)
• Oakley, Inc. (American independent subsidiary of Luxottica Group S.p.A., an Italian eyewear conglomerate and the world’s largest company in the eyewear industry)
• Adidas New Zealand (a subsidiary of Adidas AG, a German multinational corporation that designs and manufactures shoes, clothing, and accessories)

Henry Nicholls Facts

1. Henry first came into the spotlight when he amassed 454 runs at a stellar average of 75.66 runs per inning in the 2014-15 season of the Ford Trophy (New Zealand’s premier domestic List A competition).
2. In January 2019, in the last match of a 3-match bilateral home ODI series against Sri Lanka, he scored his maiden ODI century, more than 3 years after making his ODI debut in December 2015. Henry scored 124 runs not out off just 80 balls to help New Zealand reach a mighty total of 364 runs which was good enough for New Zealand to win the match by 115 runs and, consequently, the series by a 3-0 margin.
3. Ross Taylor also scored a century in this match (137 runs off 131 balls) and became the first New Zealander to reach the mark of 20 centuries in any format of the game. New Zealand’s series aggregate of 1,054 runs was the then most for any team in a 3-match bilateral ODI series, surpassing India’s total of 1,053 runs in their home series against England in 2017.
4. In April 2019, Henry was named to New Zealand’s squad for the 2019 ICC (International Cricket Council) Cricket World Cup. In the final match of the tournament, the team’s 2nd such appearance (the first was in 2015), he top-scored for New Zealand with 55 runs. The game, arguably one of the greatest cricket matches of all time, ended with scores tied and had to be decided via a tie-breaking ‘super over’ which, in bizarre circumstances, also got tied. England was declared the victor based on a highly controversial ‘boundary countback’ rule. This was the first time that a ‘super over’ was used to determine the winner of an ODI match. It was also the first ‘super over’ in history to have finished in a tie.

Featured Image by Henry Nicholls / Instagram